Lisa Loring dead: Addams Family’s original Wednesday actress dies at 64
Heather Hamilton
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Actress Lisa Loring, who first played Wednesday Addams on The Addams Family sitcom, died. She was 64.
Loring’s death was announced on social media and was said to have been caused by a stroke.
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“It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring. 4 Days ago she suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure,” friend Laurie Jacobsen wrote on Facebook. “She had been on life support for 3 days. Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night.”
Loring’s daughter Vanessa Foumberg confirmed the actress died Saturday night at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
“She went peacefully with both her daughters [Vanessa and Marianne] holding her hands,” Foumberg told the Hollywood Reporter.
Loring was best known for her 1960s role as the pale, pig-tailed Wednesday in The Addams Family. She played that role from 1964 until 1966 and later appeared as an older version of the character in the 1977 television film Halloween with the New Addams Family.
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The actress also appeared in the CBS soap As the World Turns and other popular network shows Fantasy Island and Barnaby Jones.
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A troubled personal life, which included a battle with heroin, reportedly ended her acting career.
Loring is survived by her daughters and grandchildren, Emiliana and Charles.